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Winner of installation of the month is...

After a demonstration at the Projection Dreams showroom, the customer decided on a Screen Excellence FullScreen as the centrepiece of their Cine lounge. It would be 4m in width, the largest screen Projection Dreams have installed.

It also turned out to be the largest frame-less screen Screen Excellence have produced, breaking new ground and resulting in a staggering new maximum viewable width of 280”.

The 157" wide FullScreen is installed in a recess, positioned completely flush with the surrounding walls, black velvet covers the cavity behind the screen providing a light absorbent perimeter.

The size of the room meant it was incredibly “live”. Numerous acoustic measurements were taken to determine how the room would be treated.

The resulting acoustic treatments included a front THX baffle, wall mounted acoustic framed images and a floating tiled floor. The back wall has additional acoustic panelling and a large rug to be placed in front of the screen will complete the look. All these treatments assist in taming the higher frequencies and reducing reflections.

The customer loves the mesmeric cinema experience!

The width of the screen and the position of the custom sofa means that even the viewer’s peripheral vision is fully engaged at all times, enveloping their senses and suspending disbelief.

The finished installation is totally immersive, a throwback to the days of Cinerama!

Equipment list:

- Screen Excellence 157" 2.40.1 screen with Enlightor Neo surface

- Sony VPL VW760ES laser 4k projector

- Sony 4k blu ray player

- Surge X clean power

- Formula Z plus 4k IPTV system

- Luxul router

- Marantz AV 8802A pre amp processor with upgraded HDMI board for 2.2

- Marantz 11 channels of amplification.(1 x MM8077,1 X MM7055)

- Bitwise BC2 control system with custom programming

- Audioquest cables

- M & K SOUND THX speaker system comprising:

- 3 x SW 300S, 2 x X12s subwoofers (behind the screen)

- 8 x IW 300`S for surround & Atmos..

We would like to thank everyone for participating in our monthly competition for the best home cinema installation. To be in with a chance of winning the next contest, please send your photos with a detailed explanation of the installation to sales@screenexcellence.com.
Photos should be of installations performed within the last 6 months and should not have already been submitted. The winning installation will receive 10% discount* on their next screen purchase plus publicity via social media and our website.

Best Regards,

Jaro Pollanen

P.S. Screen Excellence is the only brand for the Audiophile’s Home Cinema Projection Screen now also offering
the Audio Excellence sound system range for the ultimate luxurious cinema experience.

Do You Need Another Reason To Choose FullScreen For Your Frameless Installations?

FullScreen already offers the perfect frameless screen solution for a small to average sized cinema room.

Winner of installation of the month is...

Published 20th January 2018 | By Jaro Pollanen

Joining a project late is never a desirable situation for an installer..... so we applaud DSR for their work on this fabulous media room in France!

The client required an adaptable ergonomic environment with a powerful and elegant Home Theatre for movies and gaming at one end of the room.

The opposite end of the room was designated a social area dedicated to billiards, an arcade and an extensive bar.

The acoustically complicated space proved to be the main challenge. The projector position had been decided, the cabling had been run, and the “star” ceiling had already been installed so the only option was to work around these elements.

Treating the wall behind the Screen Excellence Reference 130 WS screen solved a lot of the acoustic issues. Adding absorption panels to the lateral walls and a thick carpet between the screen and the sofa gave the finishing touches.

The resulting cinema experience is, as expected, nothing short of fantastic!

The client loves the simplicity of use and the homogeneity of the system, the Screen Excellence acoustically transparent Enlightor 4K surface gives the best possible performance available and the seamless integration into the rest of the room is exactly what was envisioned.

Congratulations to Stéphane Rosa and his Marc-Etienne Huneau at DSR!

Equipment list:

SCREEN EXCELLENCE REFERENCE 130 WS Screen with Enlightor 4K surface

JVC DLA-X5000 Projector CHIEF RPMEU Projector mount

WATERFALL LCR300 Main speakers

WATERFALL SUB600 Subwoofers

WATERFALL HURRICANE EVO inwall surround speakers

YAMAHA RX-A3050 Receiver

WATERFALL S500EX Subwoofers power amplifiers

OPPO BDP-103 Bluray player

APPLE TV 4

KRAMER HDMI Cables

ICE Speaker's cables

CINEMA PRIVE Acoustic treatment

MIDDLE ATLANTIC Racks

PRO CONTROL Remote and processor

SONY PS4 game console

We would like to thank everyone for participating in our monthly competition for the best home cinema installation. To be in with a chance of winning the next contest, please send your photos with a detailed explanation of the installation to sales@screenexcellence.com.
Photos should be of installations performed within the last 6 months and should not have already been submitted. The winning installation will receive 10% discount* on their next screen purchase plus publicity via social media and our website.

Best Regards,

Jaro Pollanen

P.S. Screen Excellence is the only brand for the Audiophile’s Home Cinema Projection Screen. To provide the ultimate luxurious cinema experience, now you have the Audio Excellence sound system range available.

*Discount is on the cost of the screen only, does not include shipping, accessories or parts.

Have you ever asked yourself what AV equipment the professionals use, and why?

You might not realise it, but the same Screen Excellence technology you use in your private residential installations is what makes us the go-to-brand for the professional AV industry.

Our state-of-the-art screens can be seen in use around the world in the studios of renowned soundtrack composers, mix engineers and post-production houses.

So what is it about Screen Excellence screens which make them so perfect for professional use?
We spoke with some of our end users and their studio designers - they gave us some great feedback!

"When designing the new ATMOS near-field dubbing theatre at Twickenham Studios we wanted to create design coherent with the with look and sound quality of our other dubbing theatres. The acoustic transparency of the Enlightor 4K woven surface is second to none and allows for a clear sonic range, particularly in the higher frequencies, compared to other perforated screens. The visual properties of the screen are also of a high standard, allowing for a great picture with minimal light reflections. Even when not using a 4K projector, which this screen will no doubt be able to manage with ease, the picture is high quality."

"When we were designing our new film mixing stage at Loudness Films, we wanted to improve the resolution of the monitoring system, but the “classical” perforated screens were an obstacle that we couldn’t get past. We needed a radical change in our approach, and that’s when we found Screen Excellence’s acoustically transparent screens. After installing the Enlightor 4K surface, our system retained it’s definition and the stereo image was something we had never experienced before in a cinema theatre."

“Obviously, for me (as the designer of dubbing theatres) the sound quality is of great importance. I continue to be very impressed by the extra sonic transparency of the Enlightor 4K woven screen and have specified Screen Excellence surfaces for studio designs in Portugal, Russia, France, Brazil and India.
The sound quality is not only due to the acoustic-transparency of the screen, per se, but also because the 8 to 10 dB of extra transparency at high frequencies, compared to some perforated screens, requires up to ten times less power to be driven into the high-frequency loudspeakers to achieve the same sound level in the theatres, which enables them to operate with much less stress on the diaphragms. It is a cleaner sound, all round.”

For more insight into the technology behind our acoustically transparent projection surfaces and the reasons they are renowned as the most accurate surfaces available, please visit our website or call us to find out how you can supply a professional grade audiophile screen for almost any application.

Best Regards,

Jaro Pollanen

P.S. Screen Excellence is the only brand for the Audiophile’s Home Cinema Projection Screen now also offering
the Audio Excellence sound system range for the ultimate luxurious cinema experience.

It’s never been easier for you to include Screen Excellence in your Home Theatre design!

Screen Excellence is pleased to announce that its screens are available within home theatre design software, The Cinema Designer’s manufacturer database. Now any home cinema installer, designer or dealer anywhere in the world can design technically accurate home cinemas and media rooms specifying our Acoustically Transparent screens at the heart of their installation.

- TCD allows users to create technically impeccable dedicated cinema or media room designs, support documents and aesthetic renders, within minutes – including creating a 3D CAD drawing for any room in under 30 seconds.

- TCD calculates in minutes what would typically take an experienced cinema designer weeks to design, producing a complete 30+ page cinema design proposal ready to propose to a client or submit to the CEDIA Awards in its theatre design categories.

A Screen Excellence Reference 180" is easily spec'd into an entire room design using TCD.

“Screen Excellence is a very well-respected brand with a great reputation,” comments TCD MD, Guy Singleton. “Cinema screens are incredibly technical and are a crucial part of any theatre design, so we are very proud to have such a well-engineered brand within our manufacturer database.”

“We are delighted to have Screen Excellence fully represented in The Cinema Designer. This innovative software is a real game-changer - such a smart concept to support custom installers when designing Home Cinemas.
Congratulations to Guy Singleton and his team.”

Patrice Congard, CEO Screen Excellence

TCD is offering any Screen Excellence dealer free TCD webinar training, which will guide the attendee through the entire cinema or media room design process. Those wanting to take advantage of this training should email to book a training session.

Niche's AV team planned the whole room including the layout of the equipment. The Artcoustic speaker specification and lighting design are in the optimum position to deliver a truly stunning cinematic experience.

We would like to thank everyone for participating in our monthly competition for the best home cinema installation. To be in with a chance of winning the next contest, please send your photos with a detailed explanation of the installation to sales@screenexcellence.com.

Photos should be of installations performed within the last 6 months and should not have already been submitted. The winning installation will receive 10% discount* on their next screen purchase plus publicity via social media and our website.

Best Regards,

Jaro Pollanen

P.S. Screen Excellence is the only brand for the Audiophile’s Home Cinema Projection Screen. To provide the ultimate luxurious cinema experience, now you have the Audio Excellence sound system range available.

*Discount is on the cost of the screen only, does not include shipping, accessories or parts.

Winner of installation of the month is...

Published 15th September 2017 | By Jaro Pollanen

This month, we have awarded the prize to Votre Cinema for this slick chalet installation in Gstaad, Switzerland - A high-end private cinema room embodying the aesthetic of the mountains with a strong cinematic spirit!

Votre Cinema were involved from the beginning of this major project. Amazingly, the mountain underneath the chalet was excavated to provide a 1000 sq. metre living space beneath the visible structure. The installation also features a 7.12.4 Dolby Atmos system (yes there are 12 bass speakers behind the screen!) and a D-box system fitted to each arm chair!

We would like to thank everyone for participating in our monthly competition for the best home cinema installation. To be in with a chance of winning the next contest, please send your photos with a detailed explanation of the installation to sales@screenexcellence.com.

Photos should be of installations performed within the last 6 months and should not have already been submitted. The winning installation will receive 10% discount* on their next screen purchase plus publicity via social media and our website.

Best Regards,

Jaro Pollanen

P.S. Screen Excellence is the only brand for the Audiophile’s Home Cinema Projection Screen. To provide the ultimate luxurious cinema experience, now you have the Audio Excellence sound system range available.

*Discount is on the cost of the screen only, does not include shipping, accessories or parts.

Winner of installation of the month is...

Published 24th June 2017 | By Jaro Pollanen

This month, we have awarded the prize to Henri for this next level installation in Luxembourg!

A Screen Excellence custom 165" TAM 4 with native 1.97 aspect ratio and 4 -way motorised masking is the centrepiece of this luxurious dedicated cinema room in undoubtedly one of the most beautiful projects realised by the company.

A Lumagen processor handles the video sources before broadcast by a Christie CP4220 projector.
The sound is managed by a Trinnov Altitude processor and then amplified through 5 x 300W blocks from Bowers & Wilkins' Class 3000W speaker system and Bowers & Wilkins subwoofers. The room is equipped with 3 front speakers, 6 surround speakers, 6 ceiling speakers and 4 subwoofers reproducing sound to the latest Dolby Atmos and Auro 3D formats. In terms of acoustic treatment, the floor, wall coverings and ceiling were treated with a Home Theater Environment solution. Nine armchairs with motorised inclination from Fortress Seating complete this installation for a unique cinema experience.

We would like to thank everyone for participating in our monthly competition for the best home cinema installation. To be in with a chance of winning the next contest, please send your photos with a detailed explanation of the installation to sales@screenexcellence.com.

Photos should be of installations performed within the last 6 months and should not have already been submitted. The winning installation will receive 10% discount* on their next screen purchase plus publicity via social media and our website.

Best Regards,

Jaro Pollanen

P.S. Screen Excellence is the only brand for the Audiophile’s Home Cinema Projection Screen. To provide the ultimate luxurious cinema experience, now you have the Audio Excellence sound system range available.

*Discount is on the cost of the screen only, does not include shipping, accessories or parts.

The TAM-2L FC utilises lateral masking to facilitate all the possible aspect ratios you could wish for!

Once the movie is over the masks close to hide the projection surface completely.

The Dolby Atmos 7.2.4 system also features Artcoustic Spitfire speakers and Artcoustic PS4 Subwoofers.

We would like to thank everyone for participating in our monthly competition for the best home cinema installation. To be in with a chance of winning the next contest, please send your photos with a detailed explanation of the installation to sales@screenexcellence.com.

Photos should be of installations performed within the last 6 months and should not have already been submitted. The winning installation will receive 10% discount* on their next screen purchase plus publicity via social media and our website.

Best Regards,

Jaro Pollanen

P.S. Screen Excellence is the only brand for the Audiophile’s Home Cinema Projection Screen. To provide the ultimate luxurious cinema experience, now you have the Audio Excellence sound system range available.

*Discount is on the cost of the screen only, does not include shipping, accessories or parts.

Published 30th May 2017 | By Jaro Pollanen

This month we would like to introduce to you Projection Dreams our exclusive distributor in the Algarve, Portugal.

Projection Dreams have a long standing history of superb AV distribution in the south of Portugal, clocking up 40 years of industry experience, so we feel proud to see them represent our brands.

Screen Excellence have recently worked closely with Projection Dreams to develop the all new Screen Excellence FullScreen. The frameless, woven, acoustically transparent screen: Envisioned by Projection Dreams and created by Screen Excellence.

FullScreen (L) and VistaCurve (R) at the Projection Dreams showroom.

" Unequivocally, I believe in Screen Excellence and have nothing but admiration for the level of quality they have achieved with their VistaCurve Range and now their new FullScreen Zero Edge which creates an immersive experience like no other screen on the market, and I have tried or sold them all. If the real Cinema Experience is important to you, you must demo.."

Vincent Myers M.D
ISF Senior Level for 19 years

You can now experience FullScreen and the VistaCurve at Projection Dream's exclusive showroom in the Algarve.

Best Regards,

Jaro Pollanen

Winner of installation of the month is...

Published 14th April 2017 | By Jaro Pollanen

This month, we have awarded the prize to Beter Beeld & Geluid for their awesome "Dark Knight" Cinema installation, which brought out the big kid in us all at Screen Excellence! These ultimate surroundings for escaping into the world of superheroes would make Stan Lee proud!

The audio setup consists of a 7.1 JBL Synthesis Four system with four S2S-EX subwoofers.
With the use of soundfield management the difference in measurement per seat was less than 1.5dB.

The Dark Knight Cinema was built from the ground up next to the client's home, meaning the
use of space and acoustics could be fully calculated before starting the build. The room and
acoustic treatment was designed in partnership with Pinna Acoustics.
The reverberation time of the room has a perfect Dolby reference for a small home-cinema of 0.3 seconds.
All the acoustic treatment was hidden behind acoustically transparent panels and the life size
photos of the Dark Knight and Catwoman at the back of the room - both scary and sexy at the same time!

Equipment:

Screen Excellence Enlightor 4K 120″ wide 16:9

Sony VPL-VW320ES Ultra HD projector

JBL Synthesis Four system

4 x JBL Synthesis S2S-EX subwoofers

JBL Synthesis SDA8300 amplifier

2x JBL Synthesis 820 amplifiers for subwoofers

AudioQuest and JBL Synthesis cables

We would like to thank everyone for participating in our monthly competition for the best home cinema installation. To be in with a chance of winning the next contest, please send your photos with a detailed explanation of the installation to sales@screenexcellence.com. Photos should be of installations performed within the last 6 months and should not have already been submitted. The winning installation will receive 10% discount* on their next screen purchase plus publicity via social media and our website.

Best Regards,

Jaro Pollanen

P.S. Screen Excellence is the only brand for the Audiophile’s Home Cinema Projection Screen. To provide the ultimate luxurious cinema experience, now you have the Audio Excellence sound system range available.

*Discount is on the cost of the screen only, does not include shipping, accessories or parts.

Winner of installation of the month is...

Niche AV

Published 17th March 2017 | By Jaro Pollanen

This month, we have awarded the prize to the stunning Niche AV showroom in Cheshire, UK.

The 7.2.4 Dolby Atmos 3D cinema sound is reproduced with Artcoustic audio system and speakers. The experience is completed with the luxurious Cineca Cinema Seating.

Congratulations to Niche AV!

We would like to thank everyone for participating in our monthly competition for the best home cinema installation. To be in with a chance of winning the next contest, please send your photos with a detailed explanation of the installation to sales@screenexcellence.com. Photos should be of installations performed within the last 6 months and should not have already been submitted. The winning installation will receive 10% discount* on their next screen purchase plus publicity via social media and our website.

Best Regards,

Jaro Pollanen

P.S. Screen Excellence is the only brand for the Audiophile’s Home Cinema Projection Screen. To provide the ultimate luxurious cinema experience, now you have the Audio Excellence sound system range available.

*Discount is on the cost of the screen only, does not include shipping, accessories or parts.

Winner of installation of the month is...

Mon Ciné Privé

Published 18th January 2017 | By Jaro Pollanen

This month, we have awarded the prize to "Mon Ciné Privé", a custom installer based in Marseille, France for this exceptional media room installed in an old refurbished house in the French Alps.

The brief for this media room was to combine a sleek, but visible appearance with top notch performance on a tight budget. Didier Autric ran the gauntlet with assistance from Audio Excellence on the sound system design.

The projector is the new EH-TW9300 with 4K enhancement from Epson which projects on the Screen Excellence SLIM 110 screen, the heart of the installation, which is a equipped with our premium Enlightor Neo projection surface to give ultimate acoustic transparency.

To suit the budget constraint, the recommended AV pre-processor was replaced by a Yamaha RX-A3040 receiver, eight channels of which are used to power the Surround and Ceiling Vertex 1 loudspeakers.

Finally, the sources have been chosen by the client himself - Apple TV 4, Playstation Pro 4 and Roku Ultra are all controlled by a Logitech Harmony Elite remote control.

From an aesthetic perspective, the customer specified that the surround and ceiling speakers grilles should be black, to create a contrast with the white walls and ceiling – which is made of acoustically absorbent tiles. The resulting installation is ideal for multimedia use and performance is said to be "beyond expectations".
This has helped the owner’s wife to accept the physical size of the Raijuu 2 LFE subwoofer !

Congratulations to Didier !

We would like to thank everyone for participating in our monthly competition for the best home cinema installation. To be in with a chance of winning the next contest, please send your photos with a detailed explanation of the installation to sales@screenexcellence.com. Photos should be of installations performed within the last 6 months and should not have already been submitted. The winning installation will receive 10% discount* on their next screen purchase plus publicity via social media and our website.

Best Regards,

Jaro Pollanen

P.S. Screen Excellence is the only brand for the Audiophile’s Home Cinema Projection Screen. To provide the ultimate luxurious cinema experience, now you have the Audio Excellence sound system range available.

*Discount is on the cost of the screen only, does not include shipping, accessories or parts.

Winner of installation of the month is...

Dark Side Of The Room

Published 4th November 2016 | By Jaro Pollanen

Congratulations to the whole team at DSR for winning Screen Excellence Installation of the month for October 2016 with this awesome installation!

The 5.2 audio setup is distributed through a Yamaha RX-A3050 receiver to Waterfall LCR300 front speakers and two SUB600 subwoofers are driven by a Waterfall S500EX amplifier. Two Waterfall Hurricane Evo rear speakers have also been installed. The system is pre-wired to expand to 7.4 in the future.

We would like to thank everyone for participating in our monthly competition for the best home cinema installation. To be in with a chance of winning the next contest, please send your photos with a detailed explanation of the installation to sales@screenexcellence.com. Photos should be of installations performed within the last 6 months and should not have already been submitted. The winning installation will receive 10% discount* on their next screen purchase plus publicity via social media and our website.

Best Regards,

Jaro Pollanen

P.S. Screen Excellence is the only brand for the Audiophile’s Home Cinema Projection Screen. To provide the ultimate luxurious cinema experience, now you have the Audio Excellence sound system range available.

*Discount is on the cost of the screen only, does not include shipping, accessories or parts.

We would like to thank everyone for participating in our monthly competition for the best home cinema installation. To be in with a chance of winning the next contest, please send your photos with a detailed explanation of the installation to sales@screenexcellence.com. Photos should be of installations performed within the last 6 months and should not have already been submitted. The winning installation will receive 10% discount* on their next screen purchase plus publicity via social media and our website.

Best Regards,

Jaro Pollanen

P.S. Screen Excellence is the only brand for the Audiophile’s Home Cinema Projection Screen. To provide the ultimate luxurious cinema experience, now you have the Audio Excellence sound system range available.

*Discount is on the cost of the screen only, does not include shipping, accessories or parts.

Installation of the month is...

Published 10th August 2016 | By Jaro Pollanen

Congratulations to Airwave Audio and Vision Ltd for winning Screen Excellence Installation of the month for July 2016 with this stunning installation!

Check out this video demonstrating how they convert a living-room into a world-class private cinema!

Thank you Tommy for sharing images, video and the description:

4K image is run through a Wyrestorm 4K matrix form the main rack and projected with JVC DLA-X900 4K Projector on the Screen Excellence Absolute 160 projection screen of 160” / 406cm base width in native 2.35/1 aspect ratio, fitted with the Enlightor 4K projection surface, featuring fully closing and adjustable lateral masking for perfect fit for each aspect ratio. The screen is fitted on top of this beautiful, handmade bespoke AV unit.

The Dolby Atmos audio is distributed through an Onkyo TX-NR848 AV receiver with an Audio Control amplifier to Polk Audio tower speakers and a centre speaker fitted directly behind the screen with the on wall sub woofer and to the Origin Acoustics ceiling speakers.

The installation is complemented with hand made bespoke blackout blinds powered by Farnborough blinds FB3 controller, Crestron lighting system and the whole system is controlled with automation through Control4.

We would like to thank everyone for participating in our monthly competition for the best home cinema installation. To be in with a chance to win next contest, please send your installation photos with a detailed explanation about the installation to sales@screenexcellence.com. Photos should be of installations performed within the last 6 months and should not have already have been submitted. The winning installation will receive 10% discount* off their next screen purchase plus publicity via social media and our website.

Best Regards,

Patrice Congard

P.S. Screen Excellence is the only brand for the Audiophile’s Home Cinema Projection Screen. To provide the ultimate luxurious cinema experience, now you have the Audio Excellence sound system range available.

*Discount is on the cost of the screen only, does not include shipping, accessories or parts.

We are in the CEDIA AWARDS 2016 yearbook!

Published 5th July 2016 | By Jaro Pollanen

We are very proud to share that our screens were well presented in this years CEDIA AWARDS Yearbook.

The full CEDIA Awards 2016 Yearbook can be accessed here.
For further details of all Screen Excellence products, please click here.
Full list of Screen Excellence dealers and distributors can be found here.

The 7.2.4 Dolby Atmos surround sound is created using Artcoustic speakers including the Spitfire 24-12 for the Left ,Center & Right channels and The Control for the sub-woofers, all connected with the Liberty 12-2 THX certified cabling.

The 2+4 seating is from Cineca (Modena & Siena) ,Lighting with Lutron.

We would like to thank everyone for participating in our monthly competition for the best home cinema installation. To be in with a chance to win next contest, please send your installation photos with a detailed explanation about the installation to sales@screenexcellence.com. Photos should be of installations performed within the last 6 months and should not have already have been submitted. The winning installation will receive 10% discount* off their next screen purchase plus publicity via social media and our website.

Best Regards,

Patrice Congard

P.S. Screen Excellence is the only brand for the Audiophile’s Home Cinema Projection Screen. To provide the ultimate luxurious cinema experience, now you have the Audio Excellence sound system range available.

*Discount is on the cost of the screen only, does not include shipping, accessories or parts.

Winner of Home Cinema Installation of the Month is...

Published 4th June 2016 | By Jaro Pollanen

Congratulations ZENE PRIVATE CINEMA to for winning Screen Excellence Installation of the month for May 2016 with this stunning Star Wars themed installation! Thank you Max for sharing this description:

Winner of Home Cinema Installation of the Month is...

Published 29th April 2016 | By Patrice Congard

Congratulations to Votre Cinema for this stunning installation! Thank you Lionel for sharing this description.

It is a private cinema room of 46 m2 is located in a home near Bordeaux in France.

It is equipped with a Screen Excellence VistaCurve projection screen of 160” base width in 2.35/1 aspect ratio, fitted with the Enlightor 4K projection surface. It is surrounded with rear LED lighting to enhance the “Wow” factor provided by the curved screen.

The front loudspeakers are a Divatech Biosonic Mach III assembly located behind the screen. It is completed by 5 subwoofers and a set of matching surrounds speakers.

An acoustic treatment is provided hidden in the decor.

The 9 seats with Alcantara finish are dual-motor recliners installed on shakers that are synchronised with the soundtrack, for an enhanced immersive experience.

The projector is a Sony VPL VW1100 offering a native 4K resolution, to make the most of the Enlightor 4K projection surface.

The sources are a Kaleidescape AV server and an Oppo BDP 103 blu-ray player.

Finally, the whole installation is controlled with an RTI home automation system.

We would like to thank everyone for participating in our monthly competition for the best home cinema installation. To be in with a chance to win next contest, please send your installation photos with a detailed explanation about the installation to sales@screenexcellence.com. Photos should be of installations performed within the last 6 months and should not have already have been submitted. The winning installation will receive 10% discount* off their next screen purchase plus publicity via social media and our website.

Best Regards,

Patrice Congard

P.S. Screen Excellence is the only brand for the Audiophile’s Home Cinema Projection Screen. To provide the ultimate luxurious cinema experience, now you have the Audio Excellence sound system range available.

*Discount is on the cost of the screen only, does not include shipping, accessories or parts.

Winner of Home Cinema Installation of the Month is...

For winning this month’s Installation of the Month award, M.E.G.A. AV will receive 10% discount* off their next Screen Excellence screen purchase plus publicity via social media and our website.

“The home cinema was a part of a large renovation and even larger underground excavation in Kensington, London. We were presented with a massive concrete shell and asked to turn it into a luxury home cinema with the best possible sound & picture for a given budget. A lot of work went into getting the acoustics right and the final results were short of amazing, with clients and architects extremely pleased with achieved results.”

Quested speaker system with L/C/R's, 8 surround speakers and 6 custom made sub woofers - all powered with a bank of Quested power amps and dedicated bass management system.

“One of the main requests was that room should be easy to operate. We were able to achieve this with a URC Total Control system with MRX-20 system controller that took care of the audio and video control as well as controlling the Lutron lighting in the cinema.”

“The customer specified that the look of the home cinema was of paramount importance. We spent a lot of time and effort getting everything right for the perfect home cinema. We installed gold plated laser cut light grilles, Swarowski crystals & fiber optics on the ceiling to fabric wall panels covered with luxury acoustically transparent fabric, hiding diffusers, absorbers, bass traps and speakers. The room was completed with a set of custom made, fully motorized, luxury chairs from Cineak, fitted with USB power sockets and heating / cooling cup holders. The work was completed at the end of December 2015, after 6 months work that was spread over a year-and-a-half.”

M.E.G.A. AV is London based, award-winning boutique Installation Company. They are also CEDIA member and an authorised Screen Excellence dealer.

We would like to thank everyone for participating in our monthly competition for the best home cinema installation. To be in with a chance to win next contest, please send your installation photos with a detailed explanation about the installation to sales@screenexcellence.com. Photos should be of installations performed within the last 6 months and should not have already have been submitted. The winning installation will receive 10% discount* off their next screen purchase plus publicity via social media and our website.

Best Regards,

Patrice Congard

P.S. Screen Excellence is the only brand for the Audiophile’s Home Cinema Projection Screen. To provide the ultimate luxurious cinema experience, now you have the Audio Excellence sound system range available.

*Discount is on the cost of the screen only, does not include shipping, accessories or parts.

You too can install the most advanced acoustically transparent screen in the industry

You can get different types of projection surfaces, but for the ultimate home cinema experience you need an Acoustically Transparent woven screen that is placed in front of the centre, left and right speakers just like you have in a commercial cinema. This allows for the picture and the sound to be in perfect synchronisation.

In 2009, Screen Excellence’s Enlightor 4K projection surface set the standard for acoustically transparent screens that many still aspire to achieve today. The Enlightor 4K has revolutionized the industry by providing the ultimate imaging with zero hotspotting and absolutely no moiré effect whatever projector is used. With beyond 4K (4096 x 2160 pixels) resolution, the Enlightor 4K provides only a small frequency independent insertion loss when placed in front on the centre, left and right speakers.

Not content with having the best acoustically transparent projection screen in the industry, last year we launched 2 new fabrics (Enlightor Neo and Neo-W) that have raised the bar higher again and set a new standard. These fabrics provide improved imaging and totally negligible insertion loss when placed in front of the centre, left and right speakers and there is zero moiré effect no matter what projector is used. Both the Neo-S and Neo-W provide ultimate imaging, an enhanced dynamic range and beyond 4K resolution.

These projection surfaces are the very first to fully deserve the Audiophile qualifier.

Our screens also have an acoustically transparent woven black backing to eliminate rear wall light reflections while maximizing the contrast. Our high quality aluminum frames are covered in InfiniteBlack velvet that is 99% light absorbing. This provides the ultimate black border that frames the picture perfectly.

Your customers will experience the ultimate home cinema experience whilst you have the peace of mind that you are providing them the best possible projection screen available.

Best Regards,

Patrice Congard

P.S. Screen Excellence is the only brand for the Audiophile’s Home Cinema Projection Screen. To provide the ultimate luxurious viewing experience, you need to install a Screen Excellence Acoustic Transparent Projection Screen.

The Digital Picture Wins Installation of the Month Award for November

Congratulations to The Digital Picture for winning Screen Excellence’s monthly Home Cinema Installation award for November.

This stunning cinema was installed to an over 55’s lifestyle community recreation clubhouse where there are also lap pools, gyms and woodworking rooms.

The recent CEDIA award winning installer, Scott Sauer and his crew from the ‘The Digital Picture’, Queensland, worked with Australia’s renown Wavetrain Cinema’s design firm headed by David Moseley to overcome much of the design challenges of this installation. The design brief was for a high performance cinema room contained within a budget that would be easy on the eyes and the ears of the users of the community.

Ease of use was also front and centre on the brief, this was effectively achieved with the RTI touchscreen controls designed in such a simplistic manner so that any potential movie goer could easily follow the user interface and have a great experience. The Screen Excellence acoustically transparent Referenced RF140WS projection screen was installed giving the audience the best quality image with the perfect coherence with the sound as the front speakers are placed behind the screen. The Digital Picture used Triad InWall Silver LCR speakers and Triad Cinemaplus resilient mount subwoofers.

The interior designer wanted the room to be themed but as the users may bring their grandchildren in to the room, floor standing speaker that could be potentially knocked over had to be fixed. All speakers including subwoofer are totally out of sight without any loss of audio quality. To achieve cinema reference SPL, high sensitivity front speakers were selected and coupled to a power amplifier to achieve 105dB peaks at the first row of seating. Bass performance is also excellent with 2 x Subwoofers in the middle front and an additional time aligned subwoofer engineered in to the rear wall to cancel out standing waves and improve overall bass performance between seating locations ensuring everyone hears the enhanced bass performance.

The room can play at reference without any noise complaints throughout the whole recreation facility. The residents love the cinema room because it’s like being at a normal cinema, but only better!
For winning November’s Installation of the Month award, The Digital Picture will receive 10% discount* off their next Screen Excellence screen purchase plus publicity via our social media pages and website.

We would like to thank everyone that participated in our competition. To be in with a chance to win our next contest, please send your installation photos with a detailed explanation about the installation to sales@screenexcellence.com.

Best Regards,

Patrice Congard

P.S. To be considered for this month’s award, photos should be of installations performed within the last 6 months and should not have already have been submitted. The winning installation will receive 10% discount* off their next screen purchase plus publicity via social media and website.

Good Luck!

*Discount is on the cost of the next screen order only, does not include shipping, accessories or parts.

New Magnetic Masking Solution

Screen Excellence announces a new magnetic masking system for use on our Referenced and Slim projection screens. The steel-mesh masks are covered in our acoustically transparent black fabric and adhere to the screen through a series of magnets.

The magnetic masking system provides an alternative masking option for those customers who want an acoustically transparent screen with masks but do not want to go to the expense of motorised masking. The masks will convert a wide screen into an HD format in a matter of minutes.

For more information and pricing please register or log onto our website and go to the Magnetic Masking product page. There now is a solution for your customers that think they can’t afford a masking screen.

Best Regards,

Patrice Congard

P.S. Screen Excellence is the only brand for the Audiophile’s Home Cinema Projection Screen. To provide the ultimate luxurious viewing experience, you need to install a Screen Excellence Acoustic Transparent Projection Screen

Winner: Sentiment HiFi Installation Award for October

Building an exquisite home theater in a square room (5m x 5m x 5m) was a great challenge. Daniel Feng, the manger of Sentiment HiFi , adopted Screen Excellence acoustically transparent screen, US high-end speaker RBH and the ATMOS ceiling speakers from SpeakerCraft in this small room to realize the miracle.

Sentiment HiFi installed the 3D sound channel solution of 7.2.4 configuration Dolby Atmos. The RBH speakers chosen were front, side and back surround SI-6100/R, SI-744 and SI-740 respectively. Besides, Sentiment chose the SX-1212/R as the subwoofer. SpeakerCraft AIM2 was used for the top sound channels. The sound performance of the the system is beyond our imagination.

In order to achieve perfect combination of the sound and the image, there was no other choice than an Acoustically Transparent Screen Excellence projection screen. As a perfectionist, Sentiment adopted the Screen Excellence TAM2-L with the famous Enlightor 4K acoustically transparent projection surface. The screen allows different aspect ratios (the most popular 16:9 and 2.35:1, but also 1.85:1 and 2.40:1) in one single frame. This ingenious design allows the screen to match the different aspect ratio for each movie, avoiding the embarrassment of grey bars at the edge of the picture. The 4K screen perfectly balances the brightness and crispness and provides clear, detailed and realistic images. Meanwhile, because of its finely woven structure, Screen Excellence Enlightor 4K provides a unique acoustic transparency, reducing the insertion loss to a minimum. The black velvet frame structure not only guarantees a perfectly smooth and flat surface, but also integrates itself into the overall American style decoration.

At this moment, the customer enjoys the elegant and accurate imaging projected by JVC projector on the Screen Excellence screen. The realistic images and Dolby ATMOS sound effects surprised the customer with their realism.”
For winning October’s Installation of the Month award, Sentiment will receive 10% discount* off their next Screen Excellence screen purchase plus publicity via our social media pages and website.

We would like to thank everyone that participated in our competition. To be in with a chance to win our next contest, please send your installation photos with a detailed explanation about the installation to sales@screenexcellence.com.

Best Regards,

Patrice Congard

P.S. To be considered for this month’s award, photos should be of installations performed within the last 6 months and should not have already have been submitted. The winning installation will receive 10% discount* off their next screen purchase plus publicity via social media and website.

Good Luck!

*Discount is on the cost of the next screen order only, does not include shipping, accessories or parts.

A single mask, constant width projection screen provides you the 3 most popular aspect ratios at a competitive price.

The new True Aspect Masking (TAM) 1 projection screen is designed to offer you the 3 most popular aspects ratios that can be pre-programmed positions, i.e.1.78, 1.85, 2.35 (or 2.40).

Offering you the same luxury finish as the more expansive TAM screens, the TAM 1 is fitted with a single mask made of an Acoustically Transparent black fabric that, when activated, reduces the height of the viewing area whilst keeping it bordered with an InfiniteBlack velvet stripe (which is 99.9% light absorbing).

Ideally partnering with a projector offering a motorized vertical lens shift, the TAM 1 offers you the same adjustable viewing area as a TAM 2 for an ultimate viewing experience.
The projection surface is either the exclusive Enlightor 4K, the first woven Acoustically Transparent projection surface offering a resolution beyond 4K, or the new Enlightor Neo, our latest development providing awesome performances in both imaging and sound transmission.

The TAM 1 offers the best available performances, a perfect and automated adjustment of the projection surface to the image size, silent mechanisms, and a sleek and elegant style that reveals a commitment to luxury.

All dimensions can be found in our dimensions configurator. For pricing please register on our website and/or log-in. Pricing can be found at the bottom of the TAM-1 product page.

Best Regards,

Patrice Congard

P.S. Screen Excellence is the only brand for the Audiophile’s Home Cinema Projection Screen. To provide the ultimate luxurious viewing experience, you need to install a Screen Excellence Acoustic Transparent Projection Screen.

Winner: Home Cinema Installation Award for September

The client had previously wanted a dedicated cinema room in his barn but this proved too difficult and too costly to convert the barn to the required standard. The room in the house suggested by the client needed a lot of work especially as there was a basement directly underneath it. All floorboards had to be replaced and thermal insulation fitted to stop any cold air from coming up from below. Cinema Rooms brought the screen forward and installed a comms room behind it to keep the equipment in and to have a neat minimalistic look.

The room design consisted of a stretched ceiling to hide the structural beams that were on show and to enable the use of Atmos speakers and led’s. A new Sony VPL520 projector was chosen with a Denon AVR 7200WA amp was to enable Dolby Atmos and DTS-X. To get the best out of the Sony projector a Screen Excellence Acoustically Transparent projection screen (Slim110) with industry leading Enlightor 4k projection surface was chosen. The screen was mounted on a black wall to provide to help enhance the viewing experience.

Cinema Rooms wanted a slim speaker design to not only fit behind the screen but to sit nicely on the wall. Artcoustic loudspeakers were chosen and the room a design was completed to get the best sound and look from the room. The speakers were 3x Artcoustic 6-3,s for the fronts with 4x Artcoustic Target speakers for side and rears and 2-1’s for the Atmos in ceilings. This rooms decor was finished off with Rako controls for lighting and blinds and RTI for complete control of the system.

All in all the client is very happy with the look of the room, the sound, the picture quality on the screen and ease of use.

We would like to thank everyone that participated in our competition. To be in with a chance to win our next contest, please send your installation photos with a detailed explanation about the installation to sales@screenexcellence.com

Best Regards,

Patrice Congard

P.S. To be considered for this month’s award, photos should be of installations performed within the last 6 months and should not have already have been submitted. The winning installation will receive 10% discount* off their next screen purchase plus publicity via social media and website.

Good Luck!

*Discount is on the cost of the screen only, does not include shipping, accessories or parts.

Darkside of the Room Wins Installation of the Month Award for August

Congratulations to Darkside of the Room for winning Screen Excellence’s monthly Home Cinema Installation award for August.

The home cinema room was installed in a former garage of a chalet house located in the Alps. The owner wanted to convert it into a multipurpose studio for guests, including a bathroom and independent facilities. When not occupied by guests, it would become a cinema/reading/reception and games room.

The room includes a Screen Excellence RF100HD 4K screen, Sony VPL-HW55ES Projector and B&W speakers. It uses a B&W SA250 subwoofer amplifier and Yamaha RX-A3030 AV receiver. The bluray player is an Oppo BDP-103E DARBEE. There is a light management system and motorized room darkening blind over a large newly installed window.

The design was created by Fabien Baeza with whom Darkside of the Room work with frequently. “The actual design took a lot of time, but the building work itself only took about 3 months.”

A large support pillar in the room made the design and installation complicated but it was successfully integrated in the bar/technical rack module. The garage door had to be replaced by a large window, but the original entrance door was kept. The ceiling height is low and made it impossible to install 2 rows of seats.

The room was completely rewired to allow further extension of audio zones around the swimming pool, the spa and the terrace. The owners enjoy the room quite regularly to watch movies and to video play games with a PS4 PlayStation.

For winning July’s Installation of the Month award, Dynamic Home Cinema will receive 10% discount* off their next Screen Excellence screen purchase plus publicity via our social media pages, website and press releases.

We would like to thank everyone that participated in our August competition. To be in with a chance to win our September contest please send your installation photos with a detailed explanation about the installation to sales@screenexcellence.com.

Kind Regards,

Patrice Congard

P.S. To be considered for this month’s award, photos should be of installations performed within the last 6 months and should not have already have been submitted. The winning installation will receive 10% discount* off their next screen purchase plus publicity via social media, website and press releases.

Good Luck!

*Discount is on the cost of the screen only, does not include shipping, accessories or parts.

The Complete Home Cinema Experience

Give Your Customers a Luxury other screens cannot Provide.
As you know our Acoustically Transparent home cinema screens are the ultimate in luxury, and the Screen Excellence Vista Curve projection screen is no exception. In fact, the Vista Curve offers a level of luxury other brands just cannot provide.

What makes it different?

Simple. The screen is curved allowing your clients to become fully immersed into the film they are watching As true Audiophiles, we at Screen Excellence believe the three front speakers need to be placed behind the screen so sound and picture are in perfect synchronisation. This combined with the Vista Curve and the appropriate 4K projector will have the audience memorised by the “real” world of their film.

The Vista Curve projection screen provides your customers with the experience of a real commercial cinema in the luxury of their own home. With a recommended aspect ratio of 2.37:1 (others are available) this is the projection screen for the ultimate film connoisseur. The velvet frame that surrounds the screen absorbs 99.7 percent of any light providing the look and feel of luxuriousness.

The Vista Curve comes standard with our industry leading Enlightor 4K fabric and is the perfect projection surface for any 4K projector. Our screens are the only Acoustically Transparent projection surfaces to be 100% compatible with Ultra HD (4K) projectors providing your customers with the perfect cinema experience in their home. The Enlightor 4K has a constant acoustic transparency, negligible acoustic insertion loss, zero moiré effect, and are the only Audiophile grade screens available on the market.

The Vista Curve brings that sense of real luxury into your own home as curve of the screens pulls you in and allows you to be fully immersed into your home cinema experience.

Every movie lover’s dream is to live in the world of the film they are watching and the Vista Curve takes you closer than any other projection screen.

Kind Regards,

Patrice Congard

P.S. Screen Excellence is the only brand for the Audiophile’s Home Cinema Projection Screen. To provide the ultimate luxurious viewing experience, you need to install a Screen Excellence Acoustic Transparent Projection Screen.

Introduce your customers to a new level of luxury

Image courtesy of ET Home Cinema, Winners of the Installation of the Month Award for May.

Beyond having a premium brand identity, a luxury product is one that consistently performs at a very high level, is pleasing to the eye, is reliable, and has a degree of quality second to none. It is a leader in its field and stands alone above others.

For your Home Cinema installation, nothing comes close to our range of luxury projection screens and in particular our True Aspect Masking Screens (TAM). The TAM2 TB with top and bottom acoustical transparent motorized masks is quite simply a step up in luxury that your customers will desire to have in their home cinema.

The TAM2 TB is provided with a native aspect ratio of 16/9 (1.78:1) and the motorized masks can adjust the height of the projection surface to various other aspect ratios (1.85, 2.35, and 2.40). Optional control and programming solutions are offered, according to the most popular protocols (RS 232, IR, RF). The screens and controls can be suitable for either 120V/60HZ or 250V/50HZ, so they can be installed worldwide. The size range is between 70 and 180 inches base width to cover the vast majority of Home Cinema applications.

The TAM2 TB is available with either our industry leading Enlightor 4K or our new ground breaking Enlightor Neo fabrics. These are the only woven Acoustically Transparent projection surfaces to be absolutely compatible with Ultra HD (4K) projection whatever the screen size. With a negligible acoustic insertion loss, these projection surfaces are the only Audiophile grade screens available on the market. Provided with an extremely high resolution and totally immune to moiré effect, the Screen Excellence projection screens are the obvious choice for demanding Home Cinema aficionados.

The luxury feel of the plush velvet frame finish that absorb 99.7 of any light and the silent movement of the masks reveal a premium grade craftsmanship. This combined with the various programmable aspect ratios give you the ultimate viewing experience.

A Screen Excellence projection screen will give your customer that luxury that they never dreamed was possible.

Kind Regards,

Patrice

P.S. Screen Excellence is the only brand for the Audiophile’s Home Cinema Projection Screen. To provide the ultimate luxurious viewing experience, you need to install a Screen Excellence Acoustic Transparent Projection Screen.

Dynamic Home Cinema Wins Installation of the Month Award for July

Congratulations to Dynamic Home Cinema for winning Screen Excellence’s monthly Home Cinema Installation award for July.

The installation took place in a 28 square metre room and needed to work within a modest budget. The Installer, Dynamic Home Cinema from Marseille, hired Jean Pierre Laffont, a famous French acoustic designer to create the optimum acoustic environment without reducing too much of the available space. After the acoustic furbishing, the remaining space was 25 square metres.

The sound quality was the number one criteria in the whole design process. Didier Autric installed and MK 150 Sound system in a 7.2 configuration, with the 3 front loudspeakers being placed behind a Screen Excellence RF 120 WS acoustically transparent projection screen. The integrated receiver is a Yamaha RXA-3030.

The aesthetics and the acoustics were carefully designed to provide a sense of well-being and a feeling of comfort to the audience. The whole installation is controlled by means of an iPad interfacing with an RTI system. The main source is a BNM video server, feeding a JVC DLA-X500R calibrated with a Spectracal meter in accordance with THX specifications.

The cinema room will be used for a large variety of programmes like movies, cartoons and sport; but mainly for concert videos as the client is a great music lover.

The result, according to the client, “is beyond expectations!”

We would like to thank everyone that participated in our July competition.

To be considered for this month’s award, photos should be of installations performed with the last 6 months and should not have already have been submitted. The winning installation will receive 10% discount* off their next purchase of a Screen Excellence projection screen, plus publicity via social media and website.

*Discount is on the cost of the screen only, does not include shipping, accessories or parts.

June Winner of Installation of the Month

Kent Home Cinema Wins Installation of the Month Award for June

Congratulations to Kent Home Cinema for winning Screen Excellence’s monthly Home Cinema Installation award for June. The acoustically transparent screen was installed in a converted room that included the home cinema and bar area. As we all know, the best results can only be obtained with the speakers located behind the screen in order to get that true cinema experience and ensure that the video and audio are in perfect synchronisation.

Kent Home Cinema stated: “Conversion of an existing room to a dedicated home cinema room which needed to include a control system which could be extended to other rooms in the future. Following a visit to the Artcoustic demonstration centre and hearing Dolby Atmos 7.1.4 they wanted to include this within the specifications. Working closely with Dolby and our Artcoustic the speaker positions were planned into the room taking into consideration the size, layout of the room, and also to work within the bar area at the rear of the room. A full design specification was provided to the clients building contractors for the construction of the front wall studwork, room down light positions, the pelmet around the room for the cable management and LED lighting, and the raised plinth for the two rows of home cinema seating.

A fabric wall installed by Kent Home Cinema after the front speakers were installed including the impressive new Artcoustic Performance Subwoofer. A Screen Excellence 2.35:1 4K Fixed Frame Screen was specified to compliment the Sony VW-VPL500ES 4K home cinema projector giving a stunning picture.

All equipment including the Denon AVR-X7200W receiver, OPPO 103D player, sub and tactile amps and other TV/Audio sources were installed at the rear of the room in two low level racks with temperature control.

The client was delighted with the final quality of sound and picture quality and the room is being used regularly by family and friends.

For winning June’s Installation of the Month award, Kent Home Cinema will receive 10% discount* off their next Screen Excellence screen purchase plus publicity via our social media pages, website and press releases.

We would like to thank everyone that participated in our June competition. To be in with a chance to win in July please send your installation photos with a detailed explanation about the installation to sales@screenexcellence.com.

To be considered for this month’s award, photos should be of installations performed in 2015 and should not have already have been submitted. The winning installation will receive 10% discount* off their next screen purchase plus publicity via social media, website and press releases.

Good Luck!

*Discount is on the cost of the screen only, does not include shipping, accessories or parts.

The Sound Revolution is here. Are You Ready?

The Sound Revolution is here. Are You Ready?

When you look at an image on a projection screen your field of vision is defined by the screen itself, everything else is black. Now, with a 3D sound system, focused on object sounding, there are two categories of objects: Those that are visible and those that are not.

Quite obviously, the sound engineers will place the soundscape in coherence with the landscape : The visible sounding objects will have their corresponding signals allotted to front loudspeakers, whereas non-visible objects will be located only by their sound in the surround speakers.

The art of the sound engineer will be to use the various available channels and corresponding lousdpeakers to track sounding objects positions and movements with accuracy.

Accuracy is the main word here.

Now if you can locate precisely an object outside of your field of vision with sound only, what about visible sounding objects?

Well, it just provides a great sense of realism, as their sound localisation perfectly confirms their visible position.

And what if not?

I mean here, what if an object is visible on the screen and its sound is accurately located outside of the screen?

Well, in that case you’d better forget about accuracy, and deliberately blurr the sound localisation.

This is exactly what happens if your 3 front loudspeakers are placed around the screen, exactly like if your screen was not acoustically transparent. 3D audio is a great leap forward, similar to what happened when moving from mono to stereo.

You only have to be aware of this: You will enjoy it only if the sound of the front loudspeakers comes through the screen.

Screen Excellence gives you with the perfect sound solution with our Enlightor Neo screen fabric. It provides negligible acoustic insertion loss (less than 1dB), and beyond 4K resolution. The whole system has to work in harmony and this will not happen with a solid screen or a fabric screen with a high insertion loss. With many to choose from, Screen Excellence acoustically transparent projection screens can bring all the components together in perfect harmony providing the ultimate home cinema experience.

Audiophile

Audiophile? Did you really mean Audiophile?

You may wonder what “audiophile “ really means. Literally, an audiophile is someone who likes the audio technologies, and who strives for the purest playback audio system.

Now, this concept is not strictly reserved to 2-channel music playback system: It also applies to a Home Cinema sound system.

As a side note, movie soundtracks are the only sources of recorded sound that do not suffer from analog compression which is systematically applied to music for purely commercial reasons.

If you are passionate about sound reproduction, like many of us are, have a thought for this lonely centre loudspeaker that is placed below a projection screen – a highly reflective surface – and near to the reflective floor.

It’s not working in ideal conditions. I’d even say, it is the sacrificial speaker! Despite the fact that 70% of the movie soundtrack plays back through the centre speaker, a good portion of it is lost due to poor speaker placement.

And there’s worse! The centre speaker also reproduces the sound of ‘sounding objects’ that are supposed to be located inside the image, as they are visible on the screen. The sound and the image now tell different stories as they are no longer synchronised.

If you want a great sound, the #1 rule is to place the centre loudspeaker at the centre of the image. So the sound has to go through the screen, like in a commercial cinema.

This seems in contradiction with the ideal of the purest sound reproduction.

Actually, it was.

As an audiophile myself (not of the weird esoteric lot, though), I have focused on eliminating any compromise on sound reproduction. This is how, after years of R & D, Screen Excellence have finalized the design of the Enlightor Neo fabric for home cinema screens.

With an insertion loss of less than one dB at any frequency, a total absence of phase-shift and no directivity alteration, placing this screen between the centre loudspeaker and your ear is simply not making any audible difference.

This is exactly what a perfect audiophile product means: Its insertion does not make any audible difference.

For this, we can introduce to you the very first audiophile projection screen.

The imaging quality is stunning too. But this is another subject.

Good listening!

The Ultimate in Luxury Home Cinema Screens, Just Got Even Better!!

The Ultimate in Luxury Home Cinema Screens Just Got Even Better!!

The Screen Excellence True Aspect Masking (TAM) is the ultimate fixed-frame acoustically transparent flat screen in the market and now it is available with fully closing masks (TAM-FC). The TAM-FC has lateral motorized masks in order to achieve the exact framing for various aspect ratios.

The TAM range of screens is framed with light-absorbing black borders to give the optimum home cinema image. Together with the fully closing masks and the variable aspect ratios, you get the complete home cinema experience like with no other screen. It offers the best available performance, perfect and automated adjustments of the projection surface to the image size, silent mechanisms and a sleek and elegant style that just exudes luxury. Combined this with our Enlightor Neo projection surface (fabric) and you have the ultimate home cinema screen experience. Our Enlightor Neo (4K) woven fabric is compatible with all 4K projections and beyond, without any moiré artifact whatever the projector. It provides both the ultimate imaging and a totally negligible acoustic loss (< 1 dB).

True Aspect Masking fixed frame screens with motorized masks:

Lateral masking screens have a constant height and a native aspect ratio of 2.35/1 or 2.40/1 with sizes from 70 ’’ to 180’’ base width.

For the truest home cinema experience, you have to install Screen Excellence acoustically transparent screens. There is just NO other equivalent.

ET Home Cinema Win Installation of the Month Award for May

Congratulations to ET Home Cinema for winning Screen Excellence’s inaugural monthly Home Cinema Installation award for May. The acoustically transparent screen was installed to a tight brief to convert a games room into a home cinema without any equipment visible. At Screen Excellence we believe that the speakers should always be placed behind the screen in order to get that true cinema experience and insure that the video and audio are in perfect synchronisation.

ET Home Cinema stated: “The brief from the client was to have a high performing Home Cinema without seeing any of the equipment so as not to distract from the aesthetics of the room. With this in mind, the obvious choice was Artcoustic Spitfire range combined with an acoustically transparent Screen Excellence screen. The Artcoustic speakers combined with an Integra Dolby Atmos 9.2 Receiver and ET HomeCinema bespoke acoustic treatment ensure a truly remarkable cinema experience.”

The Sony HW55ES was specified to provide a bright, razor sharp cinema image capable of 1080p and 3D, this combined with a Screen Excellence screen ensure the very best picture quality.

The Dolby Atmos configuration for this room was 5.1.4 which works perfectly for the seating position and size of room. A complete video and audio calibration was completed prior to handing over to the customer. The audio, video, lighting and control equipment are located in a separate room in a Sanus rack with just the BluRay and PS4 located in a cupboard in the bar area for ease of use.”

For winning May’s Installation of the Month award, ET Home Cinema will receive 10% discount* off their next Screen Excellence screen purchase plus publicity via our social media pages, website and press release.

We would like to thank everyone that participated in our May competition. To be in with a chance to win in June please send your installation photos with a detailed explanation about the installation to sales@screenexcellence.com.

To be considered for June’s Installation of the month, please email us your photos with a detailed brief of the installation. The installation must have taken place in 2015 and not have been previously submitted. The winner will receive 10% discount* off their next Screen Excellence screen purchase and publicity via social media, website and press announcements.

*Discount is on the cost of the screen only, does not include shipping, accessories or parts.

You need the right tools to get the job done right!

Giving your clients the ultimate home cinema is just what you do! It’s what you’re good at!! You want to give them the best cinematic experience for their space they have. Once you and your customer have agreed to a screen base width and an aspect ratio you need all those other dimensions.

We Can Help!!

We created a Home Cinema Screen Dimension tool that will provide you will all the dimensions of your screen according to the base width and aspect ratio you have chosen. It’s simple to use and you get the information you need accurately and quickly. Just click on the link or go to the Download Section on our website located under the Contact Us tab. You must be registered on our website and logged-in to access the downloads.

Once you have downloaded the dimension tool click on the screen type located at the bottom of the window and then enter the base width and the aspect ratio (marked in blue) into the appropriate fields. Then click enter and you will have all the other dimensions

Watch this Space…

Over the coming months we have even more to share with you, like the latest product information, installation tips and techniques; and configurator apps for both iPad and iPhone.

So stayed tuned…

Access the Home Cinema Community of Excellence Now!

Registering on our website is more than just having access to the latest product information and pricing on our acoustically transparent screens.

When you register, you become a member of an exclusive community of Home Cinema Excellence. Where experienced AV professionals share ideas, and help with installation and designs issues. We even provide tools to help you with your installations, like our FREE installation guide. It’s packed full of techniques to help you install the best home cinema possible.

But that’s not all!!

We also provide you with aides to help solve your installations issues like a lip-sync tool and our new screen dimension tool that will give you all the complete dimensions of the screen from the base width and aspect ratio you input.

In addition to all this, we provide online marketing support by posting your installation photos on all our social media outlets and website. This gives your business even more exposure and everyone needs that these days.

So please let us help you. Register on our website today, and let our Home Cinema Community of Excellence help you promote your business and be there for you when you need expert advice. After all, it only takes five minutes, and it’s FREE!!

Are your lip-sync issues driving you nuts?

If you are new to home cinema installations or even an old dog, I’m sure you have experienced the time lag in the picture to voice. The dreaded lip-sync issue.

It's like watching a badly dubbed film.... The reason this is happening is that the sound is being processed a lot quicker than the high definition video. You can use the delay function on the home cinema receiver or AV processor but unfortunately it is quite difficult to be accurate using a regular AV programme. What you need is an easy tool to help you resolve it quickly and efficiently.

We have the answer....

Simply register on our website and download your free lip-sync tool. You will be able to use the lip-sync tools to enable you to synchronise the sound and the image after the signal processing that has taken place in your display system. This tool is in an mp4 file which you can play directly into your system. This is similar to the film 'clapper board', but it is designed for digital video displays instead. The tool will allow you to use your manual delay function until the picture and sound is in perfect sync, just like using the focus on a camera to get the perfect picture possible.

So register today and have those lip-sync issues resolves in a fraction of the time.

You know you need the the correct lip-sync in time but do you realise that you also need it in space? In order to achieve that you need an acoustically transparent screen.

How do you create the best home cinema?

Remember that old saying, “Measure twice, cut once”? We learnt that lesson thanks to the experience of others. Well the same is true with home cinema installations. Our distributor and dealers are some of the best at home cinema installers around the world. The experience we collectively have is vast and the wealth of our knowledge is huge. Part of the culture here at Screen Excellence is to be a resource and assist one another especially when it homes to those tricky installations.

We need your help.

Screen Excellence is going to write a monthly column that features your tricky installation questions, tips, tricks and best practices to help you and others install the best home cinema possible. Those credited in the monthly column that have submitted a question, tip or best practice will receive 5% discount off their next home cinema screen purchase. Just our way of saying thank you for helping support and assisting our community of Excellence.

What we need is you for you to submit your questions to sales@screenexcellence.com or via the "Ask the Expert" section on our website. We will sort through them and send out the best ones via email, social media, and put them on our website crediting those that supplied the content. Just another way Screen Excellence is supporting you as our valued customers and helping promote your business.

For the truest home cinema experience, you have to install Screen Excellence acoustically transparent screens. There is just NO other equivalent.

*The discount applies only to the price of the screen and not any accessories or shipping costs.

We want to help you promote your business…

At Screen Excellence we know your priority to provide the best home cinema for your clients. We understand that this is often a huge task that leaves you little time for anything else. With this in mind we want to help you promote your business and all your great home cinemas installations.

If you send us your installation pictures with a brief description as to the details of your complete home cinema installation, we will promote them on our various social media networks like FaceBook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Pin-interest, YouTube and Instagram all for FREE!! That's an independent third party endorsement of your home cinema installations tagged with your company name. That's a lot of exposure. All for FREE!!

In addition, every month we are going to select the best photo submitted and the winner will receive 10% discount* off their next order. We will then make additional announcements on social media and our website further increasing your exposure.

So get taking your pictures and submit them to us ASAP and let us help promote your business.

For the truest home cinema experience, you have to install Screen Excellence acoustically transparent screens. There is just NO other equivalent.